THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 
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All the senses of the animal, except that of 
touch, appeared to be very delicate. It frequently 
consulted its sense of smell, and gave the pre- 
ference to sweet fruits, or even sugar itself. It 
collected the smallest things with its moveable 
lip to carry them to its mouth ; and when eating 
honey, collected it with this lip, and conducted it 
to its mouth with the assistance of its tongue. 
Our figures of this animal are taken from a 
young specimen, belonging to the Liverpool 
Zoological Gardens, during its late visit to 
Edinburgh. We give below an account of it, for 
which we are indebted to a friend, who used 
considerable pains in taking correct measure- 
ments, and ascertaining its habits since it had 
been kept in confinement.* 
* Within the last fifty years there have been, so far as I 
am aware of, only four individuals brought to Great Britain. 
The first, in 1790, which died in 1793 of inflammation, 
brought on by the accidental dislocation of his right fore 
leg ; the second, in 1799, which was sold by Mr Pidcock to 
an agent of theEmperor of Germany for £1000, but it died 
before it could be exported ; the third was exhibited at 
Exeter Change, London, in 1810, and after being kept 
four years, was sold for exhibition on the Continent ; 
a fourth specimen is at present living, exhibiting in Edin- 
burgh, which I have examined and accurately measured, 
and has been the occasion of my drawing up this paper. 
The animal in question is a male, and was brought from 
Bengal, having been for some time kept in the gardens of 
the Governor- General at Calcutta. He has been sixteen 
months in Britain, during which time lie has visited 
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